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On the 25th anniversary of September 11, we remember the lives lost and those who answered the call while reflecting on the wars, surveillance, expanded government power, and erosion of individual liberty that followed 9/11.
The Trump administration’s reported stay-at-home parent subsidy proposal raises a larger question for the Right: Can Republicans expand the welfare state while still claiming the mantle of limited government and fiscal conservatism?
A liberty-based checklist helps citizens evaluate legislation, public policy, and politicians through the principles of individual liberty, limited government, free enterprise, personal responsibility, and private property rights.
A liberty-first ranking of every U.S. president based on individual liberty, personal responsibility, free enterprise, private property rights, and limited government, offering a very different view of presidential “greatness.”
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View Archive →A Texas Tech graduate and former U.S. Army intelligence analyst, I've spent the last decade running liberty-focused campaigns, staffing Texas lawmakers, and working in public policy. I currently serve as President of Texas Policy Research, a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing transparency to the legislative process and advancing liberty-based solutions that improve governance across the Lone Star State.
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